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5.6 CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST | ||
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Some cameras let you adjust the contrast and brightness in your photographs; also referred to as adjusting the tone curve. To visualize the effects these controls can have, adjust the brightness and contrast settings on your TV or computer monitor. Some cameras allow you to adjust brightness and contrast at the time you take a picture. With others, you can only do it later using a photo-editing program.
Brightness raises or lowers the brightness of the entire scene to make everything lighter or darker.
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| Decreasing brightness darkens an image (left) while increasing it lightens it (right). |
Contrast adjusts the differences between the brightest and darkest areas in the image. You can increase or decrease the contrast.
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| Decreasing contrast makes colors in the image look more muted and "flatter" (left) while increasing it makes it look sharper and crisper (right). |
| How To: Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
Look in your camera manual for sections on brightness, contrast, or tone curves. _______________________________________________________________________ |